EclipseLink/Development/2.6.0

EclipseLink 2.6.0 Development Plan

This is the early plan for EclipseLink 2.6.0. See DesignDocs for more detailed information on features.

Proposed Features

JPA

JGroups support for cache coordination

Kryo serialization support for cache coordination and serialized converters

RESTful Data Services improvements

MOXy

Bean Validation

Java API for JSON Processing

JSR-353 is the Java standard for producing and consuming JSON which was introduced as part of Java EE 7. JSR-353 includes object (DOM like) and stream (StAX like) APIs. MOXy has been updated to marshal/unmarshal using the JSON API.

Generate JSON Schema from MOXy Annotated Model

Generate MOXy Annotated Model from JSON Schema

Dropped, Future

MOXy

Lighter weight MOXy

Separate MOXy bundles from other EclipseLink components to reduce install size and simplify bundling with other 3rd party products.